Noise-Free Star Photos – a Starry Sky Stacker Review
Starry Sky Stacker
Starry Sky Stacker, from the developers of Starry Landscape Stacker, is a Mac-only image stacking program that allows you to stack, or combine, images of deep-sky objects...
Sky-Watcher AZ-GTI: The Perfect Mount for Mobile Astrophotography?
The longer I am engaged in shooting astro-landscapes, the longer focal lengths I seem to use. Some 2 years ago, I started shooting "deepscapes," landscape astrophotography with deep-sky objects...
How to Capture the Milky Way in Heavy Light Pollution
How is this possible?
When you think of photographing the Milky Way, you usually think of doing it from a dark location away from light pollution. What if I told...
Milky Way Photography for Beginners – Research, Location Scouting and Apps
In Part Two, I cover the "In The Field" portion of a Milky Way adventure - from pre-trip items you should look at to prepping the camera before the...
Perfect Focus with a Bahtinov Mask!
What is a Bahtinov Mask?
A Bahtinov mask is a device used to help focus telescopes but can also be used to achieve focus on any camera with a telephoto...
How to Photograph Orion
Many Milky Way photographers put their cameras away during the winter months. It's not that it's too cold (although that's a good excuse in the northern hemisphere). They start...
What’s new in Starry Landscape Stacker Version 1.7
Starry Landscape Stacker is a popular, Mac only, program that allows you to stack landscape images that include a starry night sky to reduce noise and enhance detail. It...
Pentax D FA★ 85mm f/1.4 Review – For Astro!
The Holy Grail for Pentaxians?
Shipping early July in 2020, to say the Pentax HD D FA* 85mm f/1.4 ED SDM AW was a highly anticipated lens among Pentax users...
How to Remove Coma Aberration From Your Astro Images
What is Coma Aberration? Before we start talking about how to remove or even avoid coma in your astrophotography images, lets first talk about coma aberration. It is an...
Milky Way Photography for Beginners – Post Processing
Welcome to the final installment of our series devoted to beginning Milky Way photographers. In Part One, we covered research options such as apps that we use. Part Two...
